Pangea Day is May 10th
When we decided on this month's theme on film and learning from the movies, we had honestly forgotten about Pangea Day coming this month, yet what a perfect fit!
I will quickly point you back to our archives today:
Added to the JJL Calendar: Pangea Day 2008
Add the Saturday May 10th celebrations to your calendars as well!
Pangea Day came to be when visionary documentary filmmaker, TED Prize winner, and Pangea Day founder Jehane Noujaim spoke to an audience of “the world’s leading thinkers and doers” at the 2006 annual TED Conference, and unveiled her inspiring wish to change the world through the power of film.
You can go directly to the site for a few short trailers, and for the broadcast information:
Quick thoughts: What if we were to have an open-mic kind of conversation here at JJL on our film-inspired learning triggers while the 4-hour internet broadcast is scheduled? The 4-hour program begins at 18:00 GMT ---there is a handy time converter there at the Pangea Day site so you can check what time that will be where you are :)
The live broadcast has started!
Listening to the melodious voice of Carl Sagan talking about planet earth... Just a dot in the universe? Or more?
Posted by: Rosa Say | May 10, 2008 at 08:14 AM
The Ball - what a great short story to start! What was better, the game, or the making of the ball for the game?
Posted by: Rosa Say | May 10, 2008 at 08:21 AM
Oooh... now we're going to Cairo for the first music presentation. Have never been there, have you? Can "be there" now!
Posted by: Rosa Say | May 10, 2008 at 08:22 AM
Coming of age in Uganda... how differently we can all arrive at 15 years of life...
Posted by: Rosa Say | May 10, 2008 at 08:34 AM
Love this idea of "human universals" ... have often thought of values that way, but he is speaking now of gestures, body language, empathy, intentional facial expression and the myriad of goodness we share not needing any expression of language.
"we focus too much on our differences, and thus the source of so much conflict... better that we focus on the immensity of our commonality..."
Posted by: Rosa Say | May 10, 2008 at 08:44 AM
"I learned
come the history
that I just need to sit down
and listen."
Posted by: Rosa Say | May 10, 2008 at 08:51 AM
My goodness, this Pangea Day broadcast is so powerful. I did not expect to watch this much of it on this Saturday morning, but I cannot tear myself away from it.
Posted by: Rosa Say | May 10, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Rosa, it sounds like the Pangea Day broadcast was very powerful! I was disappointed to find it was at 4am my time! Must see if I can get hold of it to watch at a more convenient hour.
Posted by: Karen Wallace | May 12, 2008 at 05:01 PM
Karen, they have produced at terrific highlight reel at the site:
http://www.pangeaday.org/filmDetail.php?id=101
I was so happy to see the recap on the site, for the quality is so much better after-the-fact far as the broadcast goes. We did not get it on TV here, and the live feed was very erratic as I watched Saturday morning via the web.
I am sure there will be another Pangea Day with all the feedback they have received, for so many had this same reaction...
“I just stumbled onto the last half hour of the Pangea Day show here in Toronto and am so happy I did...I'm 48 yrs old and got the most wonderful feeling of finally belonging to a community that speaks to and for me...I'm going to check out the web site and find a drum to bang and some people to hug and love!”
--- Ursula of Toronto, formerly of Kircubbin, Northern Ireland
The phrase that seemed to come up the most was that “There is hope.”
Posted by: Rosa Say | May 13, 2008 at 07:29 AM